entrepreneur
noun
a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
entrepreneurship
-
a word derived from
entrepreneur.
Example Sentences
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As part of the New American Playbook series, Andrew Keshner covered the trend of an increasing entrepreneurship rate among younger adults and interviewed several who had created successful new businesses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
While millennials and Gen X account for larger shares of new entrepreneurs, Fairlie said the entrepreneurship rate among younger adults seems to be settling at a higher level.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
There has been a rise in entrepreneurship among young Americans as the entry-level labor market has become tougher to join.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Elsewhere, entrepreneurship by acquisition can end in failure.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The parade ended at Darling Stadium, the namesake of the oyster magnate whose creative entrepreneurship had brokered the land deal with the federal government for the Langley laboratory a half century before.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
